Allegri On The Art Of Management Killed By Technology

Massimiliano Allegri (Twitter @OfficialAllegri)

JAKARTA - Massimiliano Allegri claims technology kills the art of football management. Said the former Juventus coach, if everyone uses machines at everything, we will no longer have players who think.

In an interview with James Horncastle for ESPN, Allegri reveals how he doesn't even own a laptop and complains about coaches who rely more and more on electronic data.

"In my ignorance, I didn't even have a computer," said the man who is familiarly called Max Allegri. Launch of Italian Football, Friday, December 20.

“I have an iPad that Juventus gave me. I watch the game, pick up some statistics. Luckily I have a good memory and I can remember what happened in the match, "he continued.

A coach, said Allegri, must be on the sidelines. He has to breathe in the game, he has to understand when it is time to make substitutions or to put in his best players because the team needs different players.

"The perception is different from the sidelines. They make football an exact science. If that's the case, the coach might as well go to the movies. "

Then he was told that Serie A gave each club staff an iPad that was equipped with the Virtual Coach app ...

"If the players get used to going through that door and the door is locked, they will end up banging their heads there. If the players get used to thinking for themselves, they will try to find another way out.

Allegri is known for his loose approach to Juve's creative players, and he thinks that is the best way.

“When the ball reaches your [Cristiano] Ronaldo, [Paulo] Dybala, Ronaldinho, [Clarence] Seedorf or [Andrea] Pirlo ... I have to put other players in a position to get the ball to them, and once they have the ball they decide what to do with it, what will be the best decision. "

Allegri continued. In Italy, the tactics and schemes of the game of football are all built up. Football is an art and the artists are world class players. We don't have to teach them anything, we just admire them. What we need to do is put them in the best conditions to do well.

“I love it when I see great players do something extraordinary. On the bench, I am an audience watching someone's show, and that someone is a performer. "